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2015-04-09 09:14:20 | BUILDING PLAN REVIEW |
| REVISION: 15010430 |
| PERMIT: 14040379 |
| ADD: 2101 OKEECHOBEE BLVD. |
| CONT: HEDRICK BROTHERS |
| TEL: (561)568-8931 |
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| 2010 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE W |
| * 2010 WEST PALM BEACH AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA |
| BUILDING CODE, CHAPTER 1, ADMINISTRATION, 2010 EDITION |
| 2012 FBC SUPPLEMENTS ADOPTED APRIL 25/2013. |
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| 2ND REVIEW |
| DATE:APRIL 09/2015 |
| ACTION: DENIED |
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| 1) SHEET A-001. THIS COMMENT IS A RESULT OF THE |
| PLUMBING PLANS REVIEWER BRINGING TO MY ATTENTION THAT |
| THE EXIT ENCLOSURES STAIR # 1 & 3 SHOWING THE STAIRS |
| WITH THE ROOF DRAIN AND RISER WITHIN THE EXIT |
| ENCLOSURE. MONTHS AGO THE PLUMBING ENGINEER SPOKE WITH |
| ME ON THIS ISSUE THAT THE STARWAYS BEING ON THE |
| EXTERIOR CORNERS OR EXTERIOR WALL OF THE BUILDING DID |
| NOT HAVE TO HAVE THE WALL RATED AND INFACT COULD BE |
| OPEN. IN THAT REASONING WHY THE ROOF DRAIN WAS ALLOWED. |
| THE ARCHITECT OF RECORD STILL SHOWS THE EXIT ENCLOSURES |
| AS 1 HOUR FIRE RATED AND THE ONLY MATERIALS ALLOWED ARE |
| MATERIALS THAT ARE REQUIRED BY 2010 FBC-B 1022.4 |
| PENETRATIONS. |
| PENETRATIONS INTO AND OPENINGS THROUGH AN EXIT |
| ENCLOSURE ARE PROHIBITED EXCEPT FOR REQUIRED EXIT |
| DOORS, EQUIPMENT AND DUCTWORK NECESSARY FOR INDEPENDENT |
| VENTILATION OR PRESSURIZATION, SPRINKLER PIPING, |
| STANDPIPES, ELECTRICAL RACEWAY FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT |
| COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND ELECTRICAL RACEWAY SERVING |
| THE EXIT ENCLOSURE AND TERMINATING AT A STEEL BOX NOT |
| EXCEEDING 16 SQUARE INCHES (0.010 M2). SUCH |
| PENETRATIONS SHALL BE PROTECTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH |
| SECTION 713. THERE SHALL BE NO PENETRATIONS OR |
| COMMUNICATION OPENINGS, WHETHER PROTECTED OR NOT, |
| BETWEEN ADJACENT EXIT ENCLOSURES. |
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| JAMES A. WITMER CBO |
| SENIOR COMMERCIAL COMBINATION PLANS EXAMINER |
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